Nintendo alarm clock Alarmo plays "Mario" sounds
Nintendo has unveiled a bedside alarm clock that can wake fans with 35 game scenarios. There are relaxing sounds to help you fall asleep.
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Wake up and fall asleep with the Nintendo alarm clock: The Japanese games company has introduced Alarmo, a bedside alarm clock that wakes users up more or less gently with sounds from 35 game scenarios. This can be music, but also grunts, screams and other sound effects from well-known Nintendo games such as "Super Mario".
Alarmo uses a motion sensor to register when the sleeping user finally gets up and then rewards them with "the sound of ringing coins from 'Super Mario Odyssey'", as Nintendo explains in a promotional video. The gamification of waking up is reminiscent of Nintendo's "Pokémon Sleep" project.
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When you finally get out of bed, this is to be acknowledged with a victory melody and subsequent silence of the alarm clock. This means that users do not have to switch off the Alarmo. If, on the other hand, the user remains in bed, the alarm clock fights against the user's ongoing sleepiness by making increasingly louder noises.
5 games with 7 alarm variations each
The 35 game scenarios mentioned come from just five games at launch: "Super Mario Odyssey", "Splatoon 3", "Pikmin 4", "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" and "Ring Fit Adventure". There are seven "wake-up call variations" for each game. Further wake-up calls can be added via WLAN connection after the launch – Nintendo has announced "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe" and "Animal Crossing New Horizons".
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With the Nintendo alarm clock, you can not only wake up, but also go to sleep: "snooze sounds" are played when you hop into bed and are designed to make you sleepy. On the alarm clock's display, sounds for falling asleep or waking up are accompanied by animations from the video games. You can also view sleep statistics at –, for example how much you move while you sleep.
Alarmo costs 100 euros and will initially be offered exclusively to Nintendo Switch Online members: They should be able to order the alarm clock this week. Alarmo will be available in retail stores in January 2025.
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